MK: Deadly Alliance sells 1 million copiesJust as the title says, MK:
Deadly Alliance just recently sold over 1 million copies in
the United States alone as of the first of the new year. A press
release put out my Midway
confirms this data, and it is very good to know that it only took about
a month and a half to sell this many copies of the game on the 4 platforms
it was released for. And, as a top contender for the title of best
fighting game of the year, the fact that MK:DA has been a landmark for
Midway is only stressed even more. I guess this makes MK:DA a classic
game for the future... nice.

Microsoft to buy Midway?Back on January 2nd, we reported
that Midway may be up
for sale because it is in financial trouble. To follow up on this
bit of info, MK5.org was
first to report that Midway may actually be bought out by Microsoft.
A recent press
release from Crain's Chicago Business mentions how Microsoft
would prosper from a buy like this because of Midway's sports game presence
and success with MK: Deadly Alliance.
Now, the article does not say that this deal is definately going through;
rather, it is just the company's opinion. Who knows what the outcome
will be, but if MK:DA became an Xbox exclusive, that would be... weird.

January 18, 2003

MK Empire celebrates 5 years strong!The MK Empire as you know it today
celebrated its 5th anniversary on January 15th, sweeeet!

New poll upAfter leaving it up for a few months,
the old poll is now ready to be replaced. The question was "What
aspect of MK: DA are you most looking forward to?" Out of a total
of 101 votes, the leading three answers were 1.) The whole game (52 votes)
2.) Storylines (17 votes) 3.) Gore (12 votes). Well, it's needless
to say that "The whole game" answer was a good choice. But now, the
next poll is inspired by an article I read up on at The
Mortal Kombat Netherealm, and it asks "What is the best MK site
of all time?" Now no, the MK Empire is not an option, but
I really want to see what people think of both present as well as past
classic MK sites. So, think hard and vote
here to make your opinions heard!

New test #18After a long time of not knowing
what the hell was wrong with the last test, I have finally fixed the html
problem and updated the test section with the new test. The question
to be answered in Test #18 is "In MK: Deadly Alliance, who has Shang Tsung
hired to protect him?" So, if you think you know the answer, hop
on over to the Test section
and submit your answer right now... you could be a winner.

Great fake MK: Deadly Alliance picA few months ago, at about the
time of the release of MK: Deadly
Alliance, I stumbled upon a cool MK: DA fake fatality pic between
Quan Chi and Scorpion, which in my opinion is one of the best (and one
of the only ones I've seen) fake MK: DA pics out there. I first witnessed
it on the message board of MK5.org,
and since then many people have really enjoyed it. Therefore, I felt
that others deserved to see it too since it is so damn nice and realistic,
so click here
to take a peek. Credit goes out to Dante Is Back for
making this sweet fake. Enjoy.

January 12, 2003

MK: Deadly Alliance Krypt CompleteAs promised, and after a lot of
hard work, I've managed to complete the full Krypt
page for all of you dedicated fans to use to open up those
koffins in Deadly Alliance. Right now there is just an alphabetical
listing of the Krypt items from AA to ZZ, as well as a printable
guide to match. The other three ordered Krypt pages should
hopefully be up sometime soon, but for now, enjoy the alphabetical index.

January 2, 2003

Complete MK: Deadly Alliance section finally
here!!Finally, it's here! As a
little delayed gift for the New Year, and after a lot of deleting the old
junk and moving in the new, I have finally about 90% completed the MK:
Deadly Alliance section the way that I've wanted it to be.
If you felt you had to wait too long for this, well, sorry, but I look
at it as not spoiling the game right when it comes out. But anyway,
the section, as always, is and will be one of the most comprehenive and
most appealing on the web, and there will be more to come in the future.
Please, take the time to browse around and check out the many detailed
sections, such as story, basics, moves for all fighters, secrets, a printable
moves guide and printable kombos guide, and much, much more. Unfortunately,
the Krypt section is still under construction, since it is a hell of a
lot of work, but soon it will be complete and have a lot of options to
it. My own Playstation 2 review of the game will be dropping in soon,
but I will need other people who own the XBox, GameCube, and GameBoy Advance
versions of the game to send in a review if they want to help out.
So, send them here if
you want to do a little work for me...lol. As like most sections
here at the site, I do not have a GameBoy Advance section for MK: DA as
of yet, but in the future I will work on one since this game is like no
other and has more to it. So, enjoy the brand new MK:
Deadly Alliance section, and keep checking back for more behind-the-scenes
updates as I do a little more work and more things are discovered.
Peace.

New Year, a lot of recapping!Happy new year to everyone once
again, and welcome to 2003! Sorry again for the lack of updates last
month, but I'm always busy with other things, and free time has been scarce
until now. Like many times before, I'm just going to do a small recap
of all the news that was missed so people aren't totally left in
the dark. Enjoy...

-- Back on December 13th (Friday
the 13th), MK5.org hosted
a chat with the MK: Deadly
Alliance Development Team on the #mortalkombat
IRC Network, marking
the return of Fight Night. People were able to talk with the
developers of MK: DA and throw in some important question we've all wanted
answers to. Although Ed Boon seemed to rudely disappear until the
chat was almost over and left his co-workers to answer questions they had
no clue about, we did manage to learn some interesting things and some
disappointing things about the game. You can read the full chat transcript
here,
but the main points can be read below:1.) There are no second fatalities
or stage fatalities (pits)2.) Blaze and Mokap have no fatalities3.) The whole 12:43 rumor and wisper
in the Krypt are still unknown (the guy who created the Krypt was not available
at the chat)4.) A lot of things in the game
are shaky because of "deadlines" :(5.) The next Mortal Kombat game
is in the works6.) Reiko is not Shao Kahn, but
they know each other somehow7.) There is no cheat menu8.) There is a big secret that
has still not been discovered9.) Reptile is really "de-evolving"

-- Mortal
Kombat: Deadly Alliance sold really well in November, as the
statistics below show:The PS2 version sold over 202,000
copies in it's first 10 days on the shelves, and is a top-five title for
the holiday season. Total game sales had reached 1.3 million
(PS2), 468,000 (XBox), 468,000 (GameCube), 1.3 million (GameBoy Advance)
as of December 1st. Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance ranked 9th in
total sales on the Playstation 2 platform last month.

-- Recent word from the LA Times
has it that Midway Games
is putting itself up for sale. Over the past few years, their profits
from the gaming industry have been dropping rapidly, and although their
hopes for MK: Deadly Alliance
to rejuvinate the business were recently met and surpassed, the company
is still looking for help in order to stay alive. For more information
on this new bit of information, click here.